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Wei Dai's announcement of Disperse/Collect version 1.0 on the Cypherpunks mailing list. This post explicitly references 'my own Crypto++ library,' confirming that Dai was not only a theorist but an active, prolific coder who built and shipped software. This context is essential for understanding why he later chose not to implement b-money.
Wei Dai's original announcement of b-money on the Cypherpunks mailing list. Notably, b-money was mentioned as a secondary item alongside PipeNet 1.1 — an anonymous routing protocol that was Dai's primary focus. The b-money proposal that would later inspire Bitcoin was introduced in a single sentence at the end of this post.
Wei Dai's reply to Adam Back on the Cypherpunks mailing list, discussing b-money's practical limitations. Dai acknowledged that 'b-money will at most be a niche currency/contract enforcement mechanism' and revealed a shift in his political views, stating 'I now tend to think that the government monopoly of force is a net benefit.'